Blount v. Hardy

SHEDD, Circuit Judge:

Donald Allison Blount, Jr., a North Carolina inmate, appeals the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Blount was convicted by a North Carolina court of first-degree rape of a child, first-degree sex offense, and taking indecent liberties with a child. He was sentenced to a range of 336 to 413 months imprisonment. We granted a certificate of appeal-ability (“COA”) to determine whether the state trial court’s admission of out-of-court statements made by the child victim to therapists violates the Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses. For the…